Market Trends of Auto Loan Industry
Rising Sales Of Passenger Vehicles
The passenger vehicles market includes sales of two-wheeler, four-wheeler vehicles, and other vehicles mostly used for passenger transportation. Globally average passenger vehicle price is around USD 28,000, with regional variation. Among the sales of four-wheeler passenger vehicles, SUVs and medium cars are among the segments with the largest sales of more than 30 Million vehicles globally. With an increase in y-o-y sales, these two segments of passenger vehicles are occupying more than 50% of the passenger vehicle sales share and leading Automobile loan providers to focus their products on specific segments of passenger vehicles to reap the existing benefits and increase their automobile loan sales. Last year United States observed an increase in the price of passenger vehicles, with rising vehicle loan prices leading to more automobile buyers entering into debt. The rise in price of passenger vehicles is increasing the business of Automobile loan providers. With the increase in income and standard of living, passenger vehicles are becoming an opportunistic segment of Auto loans.
Increasing Vehicle Loan By Credit Union
Credit Unions are financial cooperative institutions providing users with traditional banking services. With the global tightening of monetary policy by central banks, interest rate by banking institutions is observing a continuous increase, making their loan products more expensive to the borrowers. Credit unions exist with comparatively lower interest rates and processing fees than banks for borrowing loans, as a result of which, post-COVID-19, with a decline in the savings of people, credit unions have emerged as an efficient automobile loan provider. In terms of the distribution of vehicle loans by sources in the United States, Credit unions have observed an increase in the share of more than 7% post coronavirus. For loans in the used vehicles market purchase, the share of credit unions observed an increase to 31% last year from a level of 25% during COVID-19. As a result of the rising price of automobiles with increasing interest rates on loans, credit unions are emerging as an attractive financing solution for automobile buyers.
